Fleeing current webhost because of email...where to go next?
July 26, 2022 10:40 AM

My current webhost (GoDaddy) has moved to Microsoft 365 on the backend, which has rendered my catchall email address and forwarding system useless. I spent an hour with their tech support team trying to create a dynamic distribution list that would do the same thing, but it does not work properly. I need to find a new webhost that will allow me to create a few email addresses on a domain I own, one of these being a catchall email that will allow *@domain.com to bounce to me. What webhost should I use? Cheaper is better, naturally.

I did read the thread from 2020 and saw that NearlyFreeSpeech is a good, cheap option. I like that but don't really have a massive amount of hosting/backend navigation expertise, so I can't figure out if they'd support a catchall email address.

I won't really be hosting much of any HTML content on the domain. Just email forwarding from my domain.
posted by yellowcandy to Computers & Internet (8 answers total) 4 users marked this as a favorite
Fastmail has sensible plans and great customer service. I use them for hosting emails associated with multiple domains. They are straightforward and good to work with. They are probably not the cheapest option, but I don't mind paying them for the quality service they provide.
posted by Winnie the Proust at 10:46 AM on July 26, 2022


It sounds like you want email service, not web hosting. Don't buy email service from web hosts, because that's not what they are good at, and it's not what they will focus on. I agree on the recommendation of Fastmail. And if you still do need some web hosting, buy that separately.
posted by primethyme at 11:37 AM on July 26, 2022


DreamHost has email only plans. I've been happy with their service for the most part.
posted by mkb at 12:02 PM on July 26, 2022


Dreamhost does not have catchall email addresses.
posted by wnissen at 1:50 PM on July 26, 2022


Try asking support at simplyhosting.net/
Affordable and very helpful.
posted by adamvasco at 2:01 PM on July 26, 2022


why do you want/need a catchall? could you use subaddressing instead?
posted by soylent00FF00 at 3:22 PM on July 26, 2022


Seconding Fastmail, I switched from GMail the beginning of this year. They have a Help Center and are open to questions in advance of your switch-over.
posted by forthright at 5:19 PM on July 26, 2022


I have used Zoho Mail (specifically mail, not the whole Workplace thing) for years and I would basically completely recommend them. Every once in a while there will be a random email that just never shows up, no matter how many times it gets resent. But for the most part, it's pretty nice. Full POP3/IMAP access, a good web client, catchall, aliases if you need them, quarantining of suspicious messages plus a spam folder.

I am on the free plan although it must have changed drastically because that page I linked above says it doesn't include POP3/IMAP access, and I definitely have that. $12/year for the regular plan seems super cheap to me.
posted by tubedogg at 10:25 PM on July 26, 2022


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